[aajami]

Eh, maybe a bit. But the problem with the concept isn't the livery -- it's the design. The only good part of the car's design are the oversized kidney grills and the front end in general. The rest of the car boggles the brain. On the one hand, you have the over-designed front and rear fenders, where the former inexplicably folds onto the hood and in the latter's attempt to seem flowing into the rear spoiler, ends up being a mess. On the the other hand, if you just look at the profile of the car as a silhouette, it's a bit bland. That is, if you strip away the ugly bits, there's nothing redeeming underneath. No iconic shape, no functional characteristics, nothing.

Contrast this car against Calty's FT-1 concept, and you can really see just how odd the decision to release this was, especially when you consider that both are intended to share the same platform.

I wonder if this portends a design shakeup at BMW. Function before form, fellas.